يا رُبَّ إِخوانٍ صَحِبتُهُمُ

يا رُبَّ إِخوانٍ صَحِبتُهُمُ

لا يَملِكونَ لِسَلوَةٍ قَلبا

لا يَملِكونَ لِسَلوَةٍ قَلبا

Ah, how many brothers I have kept company with,

My Lord, I have found myself in the company of brothers

who have no heart that can forget!

Who possess no comfort for a weary heart.

لَو تَستَطيعُ نُفوسُهُم فَقَدَت

لَو تَستَطيعُ نُفوسُهُم فَقَدَت

أَجسادُها وَتَعانَقَت حُبّا

أَجسادُها وَتَعانَقَت حُبّا

If their souls could, they would shed

If only their souls could transcend;

their bodies and embrace out of love.

Their bodies lost, in a loving embrace.